host: oakland, juju -- new jersey. a profile piece done on stephen harper. tony, go ahead. caller: good morning. i am curious as to -- host: keep going. go ahead. curiosity killed the cat. queen elizabeth, head of the government -- stephen harper. how would you rate mr. harper's relationship with his cabinet? guest: they are a team of friends. allies and comrades, people who are in this together. he is a very intelligent man, as harper himself is. it is interesting that you pointed out that the queen is canadian and head of state. harper likes to point this out, also. that has not been said in a long time, i gather. he did something controversial, he restored the old names to the military services. we now have the royal air force and royal canadian navy. a lot of veterans wanted it. he wanted to remind people of the canadian past. that includes a proud military history. some of these things are symbolic, as you see. for example, when he first entered office, he reversed the policy of lowering flags every time there was a casualty or death in afghanistan. his view was, we ha